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The advance of mobile technology has turned the bleak future of the offline retail industry completely on its head. Yes, customers are continuing to shop online, but increasingly they’re using the internet to enhance the offline shopping experience.

Jamaica’s Miss Universe Kaci Fennell sell off social media during the contest, and not only from Jamaican users either. We were her big supporters, of course, but the surprise was the overwhelming response and support globally. Here’s a roundup of some of those moments:

Jamaica is a beautiful country with an ugly problem. Crime. Now CrimeBot, a mobile app, will help alert Jamaicans of crime areas and report incidents. The app maps crime hot spots so users can view crime directly around them, report crimes and search other location for crimes. CrimeBot can produce useful data that might inform real estate purchases, for example, according to the Jamaica Observer.

The noise of the Internet is deafening, apparently, so users are now tuning into videos of people whispering for relief. For some reason, the whispering triggers Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR), which is defined as 'a physical sensation characterized by a pleasurable tingling that typically begins in the head and scalp, and often moves down the spine and through the limbs.'